diff --git a/middleware/body_dump.go b/middleware/body_dump.go
index b06f76202..e4119ec1e 100644
--- a/middleware/body_dump.go
+++ b/middleware/body_dump.go
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ func (w *bodyDumpResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (w *bodyDumpResponseWriter) Flush() {
-	err := responseControllerFlush(w.ResponseWriter)
+	err := http.NewResponseController(w.ResponseWriter).Flush()
 	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, http.ErrNotSupported) {
 		panic(errors.New("response writer flushing is not supported"))
 	}
 }
 
 func (w *bodyDumpResponseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	return responseControllerHijack(w.ResponseWriter)
+	return http.NewResponseController(w.ResponseWriter).Hijack()
 }
 
 func (w *bodyDumpResponseWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
diff --git a/middleware/compress.go b/middleware/compress.go
index 557bdc8e2..012b76b01 100644
--- a/middleware/compress.go
+++ b/middleware/compress.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Flush() {
 	}
 
 	w.Writer.(*gzip.Writer).Flush()
-	_ = responseControllerFlush(w.ResponseWriter)
+	_ = http.NewResponseController(w.ResponseWriter).Flush()
 }
 
 func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
 }
 
 func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	return responseControllerHijack(w.ResponseWriter)
+	return http.NewResponseController(w.ResponseWriter).Hijack()
 }
 
 func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Push(target string, opts *http.PushOptions) error {
diff --git a/middleware/responsecontroller_1.19.go b/middleware/responsecontroller_1.19.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf6b64c0..000000000
--- a/middleware/responsecontroller_1.19.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 LabStack LLC and Echo contributors
-
-//go:build !go1.20
-
-package middleware
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// TODO: remove when Go 1.23 is released and we do not support 1.19 anymore
-func responseControllerFlush(rw http.ResponseWriter) error {
-	for {
-		switch t := rw.(type) {
-		case interface{ FlushError() error }:
-			return t.FlushError()
-		case http.Flusher:
-			t.Flush()
-			return nil
-		case interface{ Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter }:
-			rw = t.Unwrap()
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w", http.ErrNotSupported)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// TODO: remove when Go 1.23 is released and we do not support 1.19 anymore
-func responseControllerHijack(rw http.ResponseWriter) (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	for {
-		switch t := rw.(type) {
-		case http.Hijacker:
-			return t.Hijack()
-		case interface{ Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter }:
-			rw = t.Unwrap()
-		default:
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", http.ErrNotSupported)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/middleware/responsecontroller_1.20.go b/middleware/responsecontroller_1.20.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bc03059bc..000000000
--- a/middleware/responsecontroller_1.20.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 LabStack LLC and Echo contributors
-
-//go:build go1.20
-
-package middleware
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func responseControllerFlush(rw http.ResponseWriter) error {
-	return http.NewResponseController(rw).Flush()
-}
-
-func responseControllerHijack(rw http.ResponseWriter) (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	return http.NewResponseController(rw).Hijack()
-}
diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index a40072dc2..0f174536d 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (r *Response) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // buffered data to the client.
 // See [http.Flusher](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Flusher)
 func (r *Response) Flush() {
-	err := responseControllerFlush(r.Writer)
+	err := http.NewResponseController(r.Writer).Flush()
 	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, http.ErrNotSupported) {
 		panic(errors.New("response writer flushing is not supported"))
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (r *Response) Flush() {
 // take over the connection.
 // See [http.Hijacker](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Hijacker)
 func (r *Response) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	return responseControllerHijack(r.Writer)
+	return http.NewResponseController(r.Writer).Hijack()
 }
 
 // Unwrap returns the original http.ResponseWriter.
diff --git a/responsecontroller_1.19.go b/responsecontroller_1.19.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 782dab3a3..000000000
--- a/responsecontroller_1.19.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 LabStack LLC and Echo contributors
-
-//go:build !go1.20
-
-package echo
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-// TODO: remove when Go 1.23 is released and we do not support 1.19 anymore
-func responseControllerFlush(rw http.ResponseWriter) error {
-	for {
-		switch t := rw.(type) {
-		case interface{ FlushError() error }:
-			return t.FlushError()
-		case http.Flusher:
-			t.Flush()
-			return nil
-		case interface{ Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter }:
-			rw = t.Unwrap()
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w", http.ErrNotSupported)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// TODO: remove when Go 1.23 is released and we do not support 1.19 anymore
-func responseControllerHijack(rw http.ResponseWriter) (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	for {
-		switch t := rw.(type) {
-		case http.Hijacker:
-			return t.Hijack()
-		case interface{ Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter }:
-			rw = t.Unwrap()
-		default:
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", http.ErrNotSupported)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/responsecontroller_1.20.go b/responsecontroller_1.20.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d77c07f8..000000000
--- a/responsecontroller_1.20.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2015 LabStack LLC and Echo contributors
-
-//go:build go1.20
-
-package echo
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func responseControllerFlush(rw http.ResponseWriter) error {
-	return http.NewResponseController(rw).Flush()
-}
-
-func responseControllerHijack(rw http.ResponseWriter) (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
-	return http.NewResponseController(rw).Hijack()
-}